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V. W. WILSON.

TOY HOUSE.

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UNITE STATES VINCENT \V. WVILSON, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE rrrcn.

R. BLISS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY HOUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,779, dated March 12, 18 95.

Application filed November 13 1894. Serial No. 528,6 84. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VINCENT W. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usef ul Improvementin Toy Houses, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1, represents a front elevation of a toy house embodying my invention. Fig. 2, represents a central transverse section. Fig. 3, represents a central longitudinal section. Fig. 4, represents a plan View of the board which forms the base of the structure. Fig. 5, represents the folding side wall of the structure in its outspread condition. Fig. 6, represents the perforated folding roof in its outspread condition. Fig. 7, represents the front elevation of a toy house embodying my invention, showing a modification having a double, instead of a single roof. Fig. 8, represents a transverse vertical section taken in the line 8, 8, of Fig. 7. Fig. 9, represents a central longitudinal section. Fig. 10, represents the folding side walls in their outspread condition. Fig. 11, represents the perforated roof in its outspread condition. Fig. 12, represents a plan view of the board which forms the base of the structure. Figs. 13 and 14., represent enlarged detail sections of the fibrous material of the side walls showing the mode of forming the corner joints.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 to 6, A represents the board which forms the base of the structure, the said board being provided with the saw-cuts a a, a a, a M, which are adapted to receive the downwardly projecting bottom portions, 1) b, b b, b b of the folding side walls B, of the structure, so as to hold the said walls in their proper upright position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The side walls B are made of stiff fibrous material,with a lithograph print a pasted upon its outer side, and upon the attachment of the lithograph print 0 the cuts 01 d, are made, cutting through the print and nearly through the supporting material, so that the said material may be folded at the lines of thecut d d, to

form the corners of the side walls as shown in Figs. 13 and 14, and also to form a close package for shipment.

The removable posts 00, are adapted to loosely enter the holes 0 6, made in the board A, and serve to support the projecting portion of the roof D, which is formed of the same or a similar material to that of the side walls B, and similarly out nearly through for folding upon the lines g, g, g, to the angular form shown in edge view in Fig. 1, the said roof being held upon the posts 0, O, and upon the gable-end pieces G G, by means of the removtheir lower edges with the grooves 9', adapted to receive the upper edge of the front and rear portions of the side walls B, the side walls being so formed as to leave an opening H at one side for the ready insertion of toy articles in the house.

The roof D is provided with the oppositely directed triangular perforations 'i, c, and with the elongated perforation j, which is adapted to receive the chimney E.

The gable F is made of a sheet of similar material to that of the roof D, secured to the triangular gable ends in, 7a, the said gable being preferably made to ezgtend from side to side of the roof, through the said perforations t', 1., thus tending to hold the roof D in position.

The chimney E is provided with the dowel pin m, which enters the hole to at the central portion of the top of the gable F.

A toy house of this construction is very readily taken down for transportation and set up for use, the employment of the gable extending through the perforations made in'the roof to receive the same, being the main feature of my improvement...

A modification of my invention is shown in Figs. 7 to 12, which shows a similarly built toy house, with a double roof, the said roof being provided with the triangular perforations 2', i, and the diamond shaped perforations 1'', adapted to receive the continuous gable F, as shown in Fig. 1, and in this case the chimney E may be inserted into a perforation 0, in the top of the gable F, and extend downward to a lengthwise strip 19, being loosely secured thereto by means of the dowel base-board, and the folding side-walls providpin q. The board A which forms the base of ing an opening for access to the interior, with the house is provided at its forward corners the gable-end pieces grooved to receive theup- 15 with the sawcuts a a, as in Fig. 4, to receive per edges of the side-Walls, the roof provided 5 the forward corners b I), of the side Walls B. with perforations upon its opposite sides, and

I claim as my invention the gable adapted to extend through the per- 1. In a toy-house, the combination of the forations, substantially as described. folding roof provided with the perforations at its opposite sides, with a gable adapted to eX- VINOEN P WILSON 1o tend through the perforations, substantially Witnesses:

as described. SOORATES SCHOLFIELD,

2. In a toy-house, the combination of the EDWIN J. I-IUMES. 

